Re: PyWart: Module access syntax

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Date	Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:16:20 +0000
Subject	Re: PyWart: Module access syntax
From	Nicholas Cole <nicholas.cole@gmail.com>
To	Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 6:01 AM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Python's module/package access uses dot notation.
>
>   mod1.mod2.mod3.modN
>
> Like many warts of the language, this wart is not so apparent when first
> learning the language. The dot seems innocently sufficient, however, in
> truth it is woefully inadequate! Observe:
>
>  name1.name2.name3.name4.name5
>
>
I find it reassuring to have these kinds of questions on the list, because
they actually remind me how brilliantly designed Python is.

As the user of a module I shouldn't care about the internal arrangement of
objects and files.  I don't care.  More than that, as the writer of a
module I should be free to refactor the internals of a module without
breaking existing code.

There is absolutely nothing wrong at all with the syntax. In fact, it's
fantastic.

N.

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  Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-11 16:02 +0000
    Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-01-11 20:34 -0800
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            Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 23:07 -0800
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              Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-15 19:08 +1100
            Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 23:49 -0800
          Re: PyWart: Module access syntax Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 12:04 -0700
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